26-year-old Jarmaine Cook was convicted of the bludgeoning death of Son Tu at the Mayfair Motel in July 2010. Cook is charged with second-degree murder and grand theft auto.

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Louis Cooper
lcooper@pnj.com

That Jarmain "G-Money" Cook caused the death of Son Tu as the two men used drugs in a cheap motel room on Mobile Highway in 2010 was never in dispute.

At issue, was whether Cook was legally responsible for Tu's death. A jury made up of four-woman and two-man jury convicted him of second-degree murder on Wednesday after deciding that he was not insane at the time of the killing.

Circuit Court Judge Gary Bergosh presided over the trial but Judge Linda Nobles was present for the verdict because Bergosh had a previous engagement. ...